AWS Tools for Windows PowerShell
Command Reference

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Synopsis

Calls the AWS Outposts StartCapacityTask API operation.

Syntax

Start-OUTPCapacityTask
-OutpostIdentifier <String>
-InstancesToExclude_AccountId <String[]>
-AssetId <String>
-DryRun <Boolean>
-InstancePool <InstanceTypeCapacity[]>
-InstancesToExclude_Instance <String[]>
-OrderId <String>
-InstancesToExclude_Service <String[]>
-TaskActionOnBlockingInstance <TaskActionOnBlockingInstances>
-Select <String>
-PassThru <SwitchParameter>
-Force <SwitchParameter>
-ClientConfig <AmazonOutpostsConfig>

Description

Starts the specified capacity task. You can have one active capacity task for each order and each Outpost.

Parameters

-AssetId <String>
The ID of the Outpost asset. An Outpost asset can be a single server within an Outposts rack or an Outposts server configuration.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-ClientConfig <AmazonOutpostsConfig>
Amazon.PowerShell.Cmdlets.OUTP.AmazonOutpostsClientCmdlet.ClientConfig
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-DryRun <Boolean>
You can request a dry run to determine if the instance type and instance size changes is above or below available instance capacity. Requesting a dry run does not make any changes to your plan.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Force <SwitchParameter>
This parameter overrides confirmation prompts to force the cmdlet to continue its operation. This parameter should always be used with caution.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-InstancePool <InstanceTypeCapacity[]>
The instance pools specified in the capacity task.
Required?True
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesInstancePools
-InstancesToExclude_AccountId <String[]>
IDs of the accounts that own each instance that must not be stopped.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesInstancesToExclude_AccountIds
-InstancesToExclude_Instance <String[]>
List of user-specified instances that must not be stopped.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesInstancesToExclude_Instances
-InstancesToExclude_Service <String[]>
Names of the services that own each instance that must not be stopped in order to free up the capacity needed to run the capacity task.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesInstancesToExclude_Services
-OrderId <String>
The ID of the Amazon Web Services Outposts order associated with the specified capacity task.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-OutpostIdentifier <String>
The ID or ARN of the Outposts associated with the specified capacity task.
Required?True
Position?1
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-PassThru <SwitchParameter>
Changes the cmdlet behavior to return the value passed to the OutpostIdentifier parameter. The -PassThru parameter is deprecated, use -Select '^OutpostIdentifier' instead. This parameter will be removed in a future version.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-Select <String>
Use the -Select parameter to control the cmdlet output. The default value is '*'. Specifying -Select '*' will result in the cmdlet returning the whole service response (Amazon.Outposts.Model.StartCapacityTaskResponse). Specifying the name of a property of type Amazon.Outposts.Model.StartCapacityTaskResponse will result in that property being returned. Specifying -Select '^ParameterName' will result in the cmdlet returning the selected cmdlet parameter value.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-TaskActionOnBlockingInstance <TaskActionOnBlockingInstances>
Specify one of the following options in case an instance is blocking the capacity task from running.
  • WAIT_FOR_EVACUATION - Checks every 10 minutes over 48 hours to determine if instances have stopped and capacity is available to complete the task.
  • FAIL_TASK - The capacity task fails.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesTaskActionOnBlockingInstances

Common Credential and Region Parameters

-AccessKey <String>
The AWS access key for the user account. This can be a temporary access key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAK
-Credential <AWSCredentials>
An AWSCredentials object instance containing access and secret key information, and optionally a token for session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-EndpointUrl <String>
The endpoint to make the call against.Note: This parameter is primarily for internal AWS use and is not required/should not be specified for normal usage. The cmdlets normally determine which endpoint to call based on the region specified to the -Region parameter or set as default in the shell (via Set-DefaultAWSRegion). Only specify this parameter if you must direct the call to a specific custom endpoint.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
-NetworkCredential <PSCredential>
Used with SAML-based authentication when ProfileName references a SAML role profile. Contains the network credentials to be supplied during authentication with the configured identity provider's endpoint. This parameter is not required if the user's default network identity can or should be used during authentication.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByValue, ByPropertyName)
-ProfileLocation <String>
Used to specify the name and location of the ini-format credential file (shared with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs)If this optional parameter is omitted this cmdlet will search the encrypted credential file used by the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio first. If the profile is not found then the cmdlet will search in the ini-format credential file at the default location: (user's home directory)\.aws\credentials.If this parameter is specified then this cmdlet will only search the ini-format credential file at the location given.As the current folder can vary in a shell or during script execution it is advised that you use specify a fully qualified path instead of a relative path.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesAWSProfilesLocation, ProfilesLocation
-ProfileName <String>
The user-defined name of an AWS credentials or SAML-based role profile containing credential information. The profile is expected to be found in the secure credential file shared with the AWS SDK for .NET and AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio. You can also specify the name of a profile stored in the .ini-format credential file used with the AWS CLI and other AWS SDKs.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesStoredCredentials, AWSProfileName
-Region <Object>
The system name of an AWS region or an AWSRegion instance. This governs the endpoint that will be used when calling service operations. Note that the AWS resources referenced in a call are usually region-specific.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesRegionToCall
-SecretKey <String>
The AWS secret key for the user account. This can be a temporary secret key if the corresponding session token is supplied to the -SessionToken parameter.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesSK, SecretAccessKey
-SessionToken <String>
The session token if the access and secret keys are temporary session-based credentials.
Required?False
Position?Named
Accept pipeline input?True (ByPropertyName)
AliasesST

Outputs

Amazon.Outposts.Model.StartCapacityTaskResponse
This cmdlet returns an Amazon.Outposts.Model.StartCapacityTaskResponse object containing multiple properties.
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Supported Version

AWS Tools for PowerShell: 2.x.y.z